BRIDGETON -- A South Woods State Prison inmate remained hospitalized Tuesday after suffering serious burns in an incident Friday.

The inmate, whose name is being withheld by the New Jersey Department of Corrections, was scalded with hot water allegedly by another inmate, whose name is also being withheld.

The inmate who allegedly threw the hot water is facing charges internally at the prison, according to DOC spokeswoman Deirdre Fedkenheuer.

“The inmate is in pre-hearing detention at this time,” she said. “This means that he will have a hearing on the incident and, if found guilty, would be charged by us or the incident would be referred to the prosecutor.”

Fedkenheuer said that, because of the nature of the incident, it could “rise to the level” of an indictable assault.

The victim of the alleged assault, a male, suffered second-degree burns.

On Friday, he was transported to Cooper University Hospital in Camden for treatment.